一、完形填空
It was a sunny day. I had gone up and down the tower when, outside the door at the foot, a blind man came towards me. In a moment, he disappeared(消失) up the stairs. I looked at the sign that said “To the Tower”, and decided to 1 him.
I caught up with him in the ticket office. There I was 2 to see the attendant(工作人员) selling him a ticket as if he were any other visitor. Then, with the ticket in one hand and touching the wall with the 3 of the other, the blind man reached the stairs leading to the hallway.
“That man can’t see. Why would he climb up the tower?” I said to the attendant, expecting him to notice the poor blind man, but he didn’t answer.
“Not the 4 certainly,” I thought, feeling quite worried up the stairs. “Oh, my God! Perhaps he wants to 5 from the tower.”
The man hadn’t gone as far as I imagined. A third of the way up the tower, I heard his steps. I slowed down and came after him at a little distance(距离). He 6 from time to time.
When he got to the balcony, I was many steps 7. As I reached it, I saw him at the corner of the tower.
At last, after ten minutes, I got closer to him. “Excuse me, but I am 8 why you came up.”
He smiled. “Coming up the 9, you will notice how not just light but sun pours into the tower through the narrow 10 here and there, so that you can feel the 11 the cool stairs suddenly become quite warm and how up here behind the wall there is shade(阴影), but you can find the 12 as soon as going opposite a window. On the way, I took time to enjoy the fun. There is no 13 so good as this for feeling the difference between light and shade. It is not the first time I’ve come up.”
The blind man seemed quite 14, just like a child who lost himself in his favorite games. He told me the truth that blind men can also find the 15 in life although(尽管) they cannot enjoy the sights of the world.
() 1. A. save B. follow
C. help D. visit
() 2. A. frightened B. excited
C. surprised D. glad
() 3. A. fingers B. thumbs
C. body D. hand
() 4. A. view B. test
C. prize D. competition
() 5. A. climb B. hear
C. jump D. relax
() 6. A. laughed B. moved
C. shouted D. stopped
() 7. A. behind B. beside
C. around D. outside
() 8. A. thinking B. asking
C. wondering D. searching
() 9. A. office B. balcony
C. top D. stairs
()10. A. doors B. windows
C. holes D. stairs
()11. A. way B. changes
C. same D. air
()12. A. sun B. shade
C. wind D. wall
()13. A. reason B. place
C. time D. person
()14. A. bored B. tired
C. pleased D. patient
()15. A. truth B. difficulties
C. lessons D. beauty

1.B 2.C 3.A 4.A 5.C 6.D 7.A 8.C 9.B 10.B 11.B 12.A 13.B 14.C 15.D

1. 结合语境，作者看到盲人上楼，决定跟着他，follow意为“跟随”，故选B。
2. 作者看到工作人员像对待其他游客一样给盲人卖票，感到惊讶，surprised意为“惊讶的”，故选C。
3. 盲人用一只手拿票，另一只手的手指摸墙，fingers意为“手指”，故选A。
4. 作者担心盲人不是为了看风景，view意为“风景”，故选A。
5. 作者担心盲人要从塔上跳下去，jump意为“跳”，故选C。
6. 作者跟着盲人，他时不时停下，stopped意为“停下”，故选D。
7. 到阳台时，作者落后很多步，behind意为“在后面”，故选A。
8. 作者想知道盲人为什么上来，wondering意为“想知道”，故选C。
9. 结合前文提到的balcony，此处指上阳台，balcony意为“阳台”，故选B。
10. 阳光通过狭窄的窗户进来，windows意为“窗户”，故选B。
11. 感觉到变化，凉楼梯变暖和，changes意为“变化”，故选B。
12. 对面窗户能找到阳光，sun意为“阳光”，故选A。
13. 没有比这个地方更好的感受光影差，place意为“地方”，故选B。
14. 盲人看起来很高兴，pleased意为“高兴的”，故选C。
15. 盲人也能找到生活中的美，beauty意为“美”，故选D。